Denton And Vicinity News Briefs From May
Public schools closed yesterday. Mr Richard Andrew repainting his residence. G W Raughley advertises stock. Pride of the West unslin at T L Trice's. Straw hats at Swinney Co West Denton. Wheat in Baltimore 76 to 90 c. Corn 46 to 51. Painter Douglass painted Mr Hayward Horsey’s residence. Wash goods season at T L Trice’s. Sheriff Dukes notices delinquent taxpayers. May Gootee teaching in place of Addie Wilson. Repairs on Mrs Emer son’s residence near done. Bishop Easton to visit St Paul’s Hillsboro tomorrow. Smith & Walls advertise summer goods. William A Stewart selling clothing at wholesale cost. Gas plant planned for West Denton. Cummins secured contract. National Council Junior Order aid for Clyde Wilson beneficiaries. Local life insurance payments tabulated. Postmaster appointments raise excitement in Princess Anne. Dr A J Church of Baltimore preached at Denton churches. Christian Endeavor events and gatherings noted. Many local residents listed with visits, births, and society notices. Merchant licenses filed across Caroline County. Swinney & Co and Tilghman Harvey among large license holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Andrew
G. W. Raughley
West
T. L. Trise’s
Swinney & Co's
West Denton
Baltimore
Douglass
Hayward Horsey
Denton
T. L. Trice
Isaac L. Dukes
Journal
Easton
St. Paul’s Church
Hillsboro
Smith & Walls
F. G. Tinley
James Rich
Bloomery
Journal Today
C. H. Imter
Bret
Felton Charge
White's
Baker
Sheppard’s
William A. Stewart
Swinney &Co
Cummins
Philadelphia
National Council
American Mechanics
H. K. Tubbs
Caroline Council
Clyde Wilson
Caroline County
Barraville
A. J. Church
Christian Endeavor Society of Thawley
M. P
Bessie Smith
Zaccheus
T. H. Wright
Annie Clough
Maggie Cade
Ethel Bryan
Preston High School to hold commencements at the Academy
The Preston commencement will be held Tuesday May 19 at the Academy with four graduates led by valedictorian Miss Ines Noble. Others in merit order are Miss Bertia Taylor Lot tie Charles and Elsie Trice. Local home and church repairs proceed as the M E Church renovates while the schoolhouse hosts services. The Preston baseball team lost 14 to 8 at Federalsburg last Saturday. Professor Ford will lecture in Preston on the 15th evening. Mr Parker improves his Main street property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston High School
Ines Noble
Order of Merit
Bertia Taylor
Lottie Charles
Elsie Trice
Railroad Avenue
Phillips
Thomas Taylor
J. R. Phillips
Carmine
Dorchester
M. E
J. Frank Ledmin
Preston
Federalsburg
Prof. Ford
Parker
Main Street
Epworth League Meeting Adorns Preston Community
Friday evening gathering at Geo Kelley home features a social program with numerous local residents including Nellise Butler Bertha Rogers Nora Christopher and many more. The note lists attendees reports on farm work health visits and upcoming events including a May 15 meeting and Anniversary Day observance at Willis ton church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Geo. Kelley
Nellise Butler
Bertha Rogers
Nora Christopher
Bertha Deen
Ethel Pepper
Tessie Frempten
Mary
Methodists to Hold Outdoor Meeting at Whiteleysburg
Rumor spreads of a woods gathering led by Rev. W. H. Wadson of the circuit at Whiteleysburg woods. If true, large attendance is expected and organizers hope for success. Local Methodists say outdoor meetings are uncommon here but possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
W. H. Qwadson
Whiteleysburg Woods
Adam Stewart gets fifteen years for Centreville shooting
Court convicts Adam Stewart of second degree murder in the Imler case tried in Centreville before Judges Martin and Brown. The jury finds the evidence showed lack of premeditation and malice. Stewart is sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. A separate note reports the arrest of J Herman Willoughby for an attempted assault on eight year old Lucia Ober near Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Adam Stewart
John H. Imler
Stewart
Baltimore City
Martin
Brown
Smaler
Hope
Imler
Stone
Madara
Taylor
Keble
Baltimore City Hospital
Mr. Imler
Baltimore
Inner
Z. C. Henry
Berlin
Henry
Tyler
William H. Deweese
Edwin H. Brown, Jr
C. F. Reilly
Towers
Adam
Adan
Caroline County
Maryland
Adam Miller
Martin and
Herman Willoughby
J. Herman Willoughby
Lucia Ober
Robert H. Ober
Denton
Willoughby
Sylvester
Justice Temple
Henderson Services and community notices in brief
Henderson church held a full Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. preaching at 10:30 a.m. led experience meeting at 11:30 a.m. Epworth League at 7:40 p.m. and evening sermon at 8:30 a.m. The Ladies Aid met Wednesday. 46 o clock refreshments followed. Local residents and visitors names appear with trips and visits to Wilmington Felton Dover Sandtown and Bridgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Baynord
M. Haines
Epworth League
John Dennison
C. T. Baynard
The
Ladies Aid
W. G. Carrow
James
Alcade Williams
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Will Carrow
Wilmington
George Carrow
Harry Melvin
Cubbage
Lottie Flowers
Dover
Anna Price
Wm. Jacobs
Aberdeen
Charles Urry
Philadelphia
Walter Goneh
Frank Gough
Alice Sweeney
Felton
H.C. Gooden
Bertie Dill
Alice Stubbs
Sandtown
Rev. P. L. Griffith
Hartley
S. D. Carrow
Celebration program planned at Methodist Episcopal Church
A May 17 service at the Methodist Episcopal Church features the pastor Rev Dr Hoffecker Rev W H Hudson and others with fine music. Miss Eugenia Hoffecker a New York College graduate tops her class. Various local visits and town improvements noted including Mr Joseph Bernard and Mr Harry Koncher.
Local Social Notes and Obituaries Update
Miss Mary Keys died at her son Oliver Keys home Sunday evening. A funeral was held at the house Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mr Bayard Nichols added a handsome extension to his house opposite the M BE Church. Mr Young of Michigan bought Thomas White farm in Nichols neighborhood. Mrs Lizzie Jenkins Thomas Todd and Dr Galloway are having houses painted. Kemp has a new barn on The Treights. Will Adams builds a dwelling by his bakery. Aliss Mary More shopping in Baltimore for summer millinery. Mrs Lizzie Harris visiting Blanche Webster in Cambridge. A rural route employee visiting to inspect delivery routes. Miss Qla Gootee of Hickman visiting nearby. Rev T S Holt preached to the I O C F Sunday morning. Levy Court Proceedings: County Commissioners set June 16 for Griffin road hearing. Road matters occupied most of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Keys
Oliver Keys
H. F. Wright
Mt. Pleasant
Bayard Nichols
M. BE
Mr. Young
Michigan
Thomas White
Nichols
Lizzie Jenkins
Thomas Todd
Dr. Galloway
Kemp
Treights
Will Adams
Aliss Mary More
Baltimore
Lizzie Harris
Blanche Webster
Cambridge
Qla Gootee
Hickman
Holt
Deaths and funerals mark week in Talbot County
The death roll widens as Henry Jopp, a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania then moved to this county about 1866, dies near Denton aged nearly 77. Survived by four sons Philip Henry George Samuel and two daughters Mrs Charles Deen and Mrs Knute Fry. Funeral at 3 pm Sunday at the homestead. interment at Denton cemetery. Mrs Mary Garrett dies at Burrsville after a week’s illness aged 83. survived by son Richard C. Garrett and daughters Mrs Charles W. Porter Miss Mary Garrett and Thomas J. Garrett. Funeral at Wesley M E Church Burrsville at 3 pm with interment in the adjacent cemetery. Mrs Jennie V Vaughn dies May 2 in Dover. remains interred at Silver Lake cemetery. Mrs Nellie A Spencer wife of Rev H D Spencer dies after weeks of illness. funeral at the Mission tomorrow at 10 am. interment in Denton cemetery. Herman Neff, five, of Philadelphia, dies. interment at Greensboro. Mrs Mary E Willoughby widow of Samuel Burke Willoughby dies in Baltimore on May 1. Mrs Arnold widow of W S Arnold of Cordova dies Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jopp
Germany
Old Country
Pennsylvania
Denton
Philip
Tesas
Henry
George
Samuel
Charles Deen
Knute Fry
Harrisburg
Denton Cemetery
Mary Garrett
Burrsville
Thomas Garrett
Richard C. Garrett
Philadelphia
Charles W. Porter
Talbot County
Thomas J. Garrett
James H. Garrett
Garrett
Wesley M. E. Church
Wesley
Jennie V. Vaughn
Dover
Silver Lake Cemtery
Vaughn
Elisha
Sallie Wright
Federalsburg
Hiram W. Vaughn
Nellie A. Spencer
H. D. Spencer
Sharon Springs
Figls
Mission
A. Lee Gray
Herman
Oscar Neff
Greensboro
Hoffecker
Mary E. Willoughby
Samuel Burke Willoughby
Queen Anne's County
Baltimore
Arnold
W. S. Arnold
Cordova
Orphans Court Proceedings Highlight Multiple Administrations
In the Orphans Court, T F Imler presented an inventory for J Iler and received an order to sell. George F Held filed a final release from a legatee and admin duties were granted to T Pliny Fisher for Louisa Garrett. Appraisers were named. notices to creditors ordered. Gen W Hignatt’s estate proceedings appointed creditors’ appraisers. bank stock sale ordered. James W Wilson appointed administrator for Clyde Wilson. Kate S E Hunt’s will presented for probate. An In Memoriam notes Mrs Colin Lewis, with funeral details and family tributes. Social updates list visits between Easton, Andersentown, Agner, Concord, and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
T. F. Imler
J. I. Inler
Geo. F. Held
John Hornick
M. Dolorosa Berg
T. Pliny Fisher
Louisa Garrett
Theodore Saulsbury
F. A. Porter
Gen. W. Hignatt
Margaret A. Butler
Charles H. Whitby
Robert G. Stewart
James W. Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Kate
Firno and Willis Sell Tea Biscuits and Butter Thin
An old ad announces assorted biscuits and teas now available from Firno and Willis. Items include cheese biscuit saltine biscuit Kennedy's butter thin and 5 o'clock teas with a note of new stock just received and for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Firno & Willis
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Schoon Board
Elsie Green
Birthiday
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Katherine Dukes
Stanley Deakyne
Elizabeth Garey
Fletcher Sisk
Boobie
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Lydia Hughes
Emily Knotts
Clara Frampton
Minnie Dukes
Pearl Griffin
Maud Clark
Madge Beauchamp
Mabel Wilson
Helen Barnhart
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Henry Wilson
Leslie Walls
Winnie Lyden
Eletcher Sisk
Henry Horsey
Zack Wilson
Jonathan Hughes
Louis Dukes
Quil Barnhart
T. Lane Moore
Elmira
I. J. Moore
Edgemore
J. T. aAnthony
Chesterbridge
Greenwood Academy
Charles F. Williamson
Idaho
R. T. Carter
J. Kemp Stevens
Temple Lodge
Grand Lodge
Charles H. Sylvester
Milwaukee
Wis
Annie E. Pippin
Pippin
Mary Williams
Edwardsburg
Mich
Robert S. Clark
Tuckahoe Neck
W. A. Holman
Philadelphia Underwriters’ Association
Clifford Green
Mississippi
Caroline
Wm. H. Bower
Theo. Phillips
Nellie Wilson
J. H. Reese
Justice Z. Potter Steele
G. T. Morgan
Jennie Stafford
William R. Breeding
Jesse T. Dennis
Robert M. Messick
Nethlehem
Henry D. Henry
Messick
Canning House
Watson Flaharty
Ulia Day
W. T. Todd
Linchester
Swinney & Co
Tilghman Harvey
David Kline
Ridgely
Albert Anderson
Towers Wharf
John W. Stonebraker
Two Johns
John L. George
James H
James W. Simons
John D. Davis
Thomas H. Todd
Fowling Creek
A. G
Jarrell & Temple
Goldsboro
George W. Eliason
Charles J. Dean
Eldridge W. Emerson
W. T
B. F. Jackson
H. C. Hobbs
Hobbs
T. O. Jefferson
S. G. Boyer & Co
Margdel
Wm. P. Stafford
O. M. Hi
Queen Anneal Rhoad
Corne & Co
Milton
Del
T. L.trice's
T. L. Trice’s
Yowling Creek
Nellie Butler
Sherman Todd
Dawson Todd
Otis Rogers
Lena Kelley
T. Si. Todd
Nettie Foote
Willaton
Willard Shipman
Galena
Shipman
Saulsbury Bros
O. M. Hignutt
Mattie Lynch
Williston
M. E. Church
Georgia Stevens
Ingleside
Marydel
Henry Segelken
Miss Moore
Chestertown
J. Seward
John Moore
Miss Ida
C. W. Jacobs
Tempiecville
Ida A. Whaley
Swithson
Our County
R. W. Carroll
Abner
Our Church
Epworth
Misa Belle Kemp
Willian Davis
Thomas Saulsbury
Maynadier
Whitteleysburg
John Fe Imler
T. L. Trivo
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. H. Hudson
Alga Smith
M. Eugenia Hoffecker
New York College
E. L. Hoffecker
J. B. Draper
Sallie Green
Joseph Vansant
Thomas H. Lewis
James Massey
T. H. Jarman
New York
J. A. Mitchell
Trinity Church
Harry Patchett
Smith Longfellow
Yederalaburg
Levy
Griffin Road
Mundu
Mira
Spencer
Mrs. Vaughn
Orphans’ Court Proceedings
Colin Lewis
Thomas L. Lewis
Charles Murphy
Andersentown
Charles E. Lewis
Agner
Janus Lewis
Concord
Capt. J. ST. Kemp
Dauguten
Bethlehem
Kelley Bowdle
Willa Pritchett
N. B. Taylor
Queen Anne's
Anah Holmes
A. J. Messick
Samuel Griffin
John T. Harris
Potter Steele
J. P
Peoples National Bank
Pilchard & Furniss
Albert Dennis
L. Tribett
J. H. Spence
G. Alburger
John L. Everngam
George W. Bryant
Denton Journal
Om General Fund
Otto Gas Engine Co
James A, Trazzare, Treasgursa
Benj. H. Johnson
Denton, Md
JAS, T. Mullin & Sons
Longman & Martinez Pure
J. H. Nichols
R. M.messick
T. Harvey
Burraville
J. Frank Ledman
Prestom
Vienna
Field & Willis
Peninsula
Laurel
Edinburgh
John Johnson
Landingburg
Wesley Smith
Mary Jackson
C. H. Poore
Elva
Chester
Ralph Poorjar
Joseph Gsell
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